{"id":293350,"date":"2023-11-07T08:24:33","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T08:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=293350"},"modified":"2023-11-07T08:24:33","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T08:24:33","slug":"ange-postecoglou-told-he-showed-mikel-arteta-how-to-act-with-dignity-and-grace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/ange-postecoglou-told-he-showed-mikel-arteta-how-to-act-with-dignity-and-grace\/","title":{"rendered":"Ange Postecoglou told he showed Mikel Arteta how to act with ‘dignity and grace’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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    Ange Postecoglou showed Mikel Arteta what 'dignity and grace' looks like in his post-match interview on Monday Night Football.<\/p>\n

    The Tottenham boss faced Premier League defeat for the first time in a wild 4-1 defeat to Chelsea in which his team played 40 minutes with nine men and had two goals ruled out for offside. <\/p>\n

    Instead of complaining about the decisions of the referee, as Arsenal boss Arteta did so fiercely at the weekend, the former Celtic boss called on more power to be restored to the on-pitch officials following several lengthy VAR checks at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. <\/p>\n

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    Postecoglou had said in his defence of referees: "You can\u2019t tell me the referees are in control of games because they\u2019re not, someone else is in control.<\/p>\n

    "I guarantee the next thing is we have referees mic\u2019d up and explaining decisions. There will be a forensic study of every decision out there, I think that is the way the game is going and I don\u2019t like it.<\/p>\n

    "If you look at all that standing around we did today, maybe people enjoy that sort of thing but I\u2019d rather see us playing football.<\/p>\n

    \u201cYou have to accept the referee\u2019s decision, that is how I grew up. This constant erosion of the referee\u2019s authority is where the game is going to get – they are not going to have any authority.<\/p>\n

    Do you agree with the Tottenham boss? Tell us in the comments section below.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

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    "We are going to be under the control of someone with a TV screen a few miles away.<\/p>\n

    \u201cThe decision is the decision. In 26 years I have had plenty of bad decisions, I have had plenty fall in my favour. It is what it is."<\/p>\n

    A Premier League fan said in response: "This is absolutely fantastic and much needed from a manager of a big Premier League club. In stark contrast to how most managers behave re: refereeing decisions."<\/p>\n

    A second added: "Terrific from Ange showing Arteta exactly how the dignity and grace in winning and losing thing is done." A rival then added: "As much as I despise Tottenham I actually quite like this feller."<\/p>\n

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